It's impossible to explain to a Yankee what `tacky' is. They simply have no word for it up north, but my God, do they ever need one. (Pat Conroy)

It's impossible to explain to a Yankee what `tacky' is. They simply have no word for it up north, but my God, do they ever need one.

Pat Conroy

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